Milestone for Trowbridge runner

Paramedic Phil Halls has completed his “emotional” year-long challenge of running five kilometres every day in memory of a Trowbridge Ambulance Station colleague.

Mr Halls, 37, of St Nicholas Close in North Bradley, crossed the finish line at Dorothy House Hospice in Winsley on Sunday after running a total of 1,825km since January 2013.

He has raised £2,517 in memory of Jake Nott, an ambulance technician who died in September 2012 of a brain tumour, aged 35. Money raised will go to Dorothy House Hospice Care, which cared for Mr Nott in his final weeks.

Mr Halls said: “My target was £1,000 but I hit that in July. This is 150 per cent more, so I am over the moon.

“I know that Jake would have been immensely proud. I feel like he has been there. He often popped into my head as I was running.”